Deputy Mayor Roster

Annually at the City Council Organizational Meeting, Council shall establish the Deputy Mayor roster for a two-month period on a rotating basis.

The following roster was established at the City Council Organizational Meeting held on October 30, 2017:

Year

Months

Deputy Mayor

2018

November & December

Councillor Sheena Hughes

2019

January & February

Councillor Ray Watkins

2019

March & April

Councillor Wes Brodhead

2019

May & June

Councillor Jacquie Hansen

2019

July & August

Councillor Ken MacKay

2019

September & October

Councillor Natalie Joly

*Relevant Passages

9.1 Unless otherwise determined by Council, during the twelve-month period following the organizational meeting, each member of Council shall serve as deputy mayor for a two-month period, as assigned to that member of Council at the organizational meeting.

9.2 The deputy mayor shall chair council meetings when the mayor is absent or unable to act as mayor and shall have all the powers and responsibilities of the mayor under this bylaw during the absence or incapacity of the mayor.

9.3 The deputy mayor may chair meetings of committee of the whole when delegated by the mayor.

9.4 In the absence or inability of the mayor and deputy mayor to act, the next member of council scheduled to be deputy mayor on the roster shall chair council meetings and shall have all the powers and responsibilities of the mayor under this bylaw.